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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Calling youth in Grades 7-12 in the @limestonedsb & @algonquin_lakeshore school boards! Thinking of submitting to the YIF Festival? Check out the guidelines at youthimaginethefuture.com/for-students #YGK #Solarpunk #climatechange #environment #sustainability #innovation

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don’t miss an 🤩 display of eco-art by #YIF artists before it moves on! The YIF Travelling Show is at Minotaur until the end of September! 🎨 Thank you @minotaurgamesandgifts for giving us your wonderful space to use! #ygkarts #downtownkingston #YGK, #Solarpunk, #climatechange, #environment

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We're still booking presentations with teachers across the Kingston Area for the Fall! 📚️ Reach out today & book your #ClimateSolutions presentation! ☀️ This is a house in New Brunswick with green roofs to cool the house & absorb heavy storms (pet-friendly), & it also has lots of biodiversity. Fun! 🌳

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Wildfires, floods, heat domes--the world can be a scary place for youth. Change the conversation to Climate Solutions. YIF is now giving presentations at schools until Oct. 2nd, daily, in the greater Kingston region. There are a few spots left. Email us at youthimaginefuture@gmail.com. ☀️ 📚️ #YIF

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Welcome back to School! We're inviting all teachers to email us for a #free presentation of inspiring #ClimateSolutions for their classes - perfect for #Geography, #Science, #EnvironmentalStudies, #English, #Art, #WorldIssues. Students may submit to our Art and #Solarpunk Story Festival! #YIF

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@YouthImagineTheFuture is seeking reliable, hard-working people with eco-hearts & some experience to apply for a Festival Administrator & an Event Coordinator - 200 hours & 40 hours respectively. Short contracts, approx. Oct. 5-Dec. 5, 2026. Apply by Aug 27th.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@YouthImagineTheFuture is seeking reliable, hard-working people with eco-hearts & some experience to apply for Festival Administrator & an Event Coordinator - 200 hours & 40 hours respectively. Short contracts, approx. Oct. 5-Dec. 5, 2026. Apply by Aug 27th.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"A small town west of Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in Quebec and Canada." #YIF #ClimateAction #Solarpunk www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrasse-vaudreil-quebec-tree-rights-9.7243634

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Teachers, we hope you are able to take a breath this summer and rejuvenate. Notice those fires across Canada? When you start planning fall classes, consider a presentation on climate solutions as a gift to your students from Youth Imagine the Future. youthimaginethefuture.com/for-teachers #YIF

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Art & Stories: see Previous Festivals IG: @youthimaginethefuture FB: Youth ImagineFuture @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

www.streetfilms.org/featured/202... - This shows we can redesign our cities in Canada for less fossil fuel traffic but more bikes & pedestrians! Bioswales and “sponge parks” to turn old parking lots into lovely parks that cool the city & absorb severe storms to prevent flooding. #YIF #Solarpunk

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Montreal Makes People Feel Welcome With Safe Streets, Happy Places & Green Spaces — Streetfilms

My standing piece of advice for those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleague/friends what’s possible: just go…

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Check out this interesting article in the Guardian about "How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets" - interesting insight on how a historical European city is still changing for the health of our planet. #YIF #ClimateChange #Paris #Biking www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Want to keep up with all things #YIF? Subscribe to our newsletter to learn about our monthly activities, future projects and initiatives! Read our June Newsletter at: youth-imagine-the-future.beehiiv.com/p/youth-imag... #YouthImagineTheFuture #Newsletter #YGK #ClimateAction #Solarpunk

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📚🎨 Youth Imagine the Future has been featured in Canadian School Libraries! In an article by Shelley Woods, Education Librarian and Acting Head of the Queen's University Faculty of Education Library, YIF's library displays are highlighted: journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/youth-imagin... #YIF

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📚🎨 A splash of colour has arrived in downtown Kingston! We're thrilled to see artwork from @YouthImagineTheFuture students on display in the front window of one of Kingston's beloved independent bookstores, #NovelIdeaBookstore! These incredible pieces showcase the creativity, imagination, & hope!

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thank you, Miigwech, to Adam Walker of the Community Foundation of Kingston & Area (@CFKingstonArea) for a grant to run the 2026 YIF Festival! This grant will enable YIF to continue providing a voice & platform for #KingstonArea youth artists to showcase their art & beliefs #thanksCFKA

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🌎🌱 A hopeful future is one where both people and the planet thrive. At @YouthImaginetheFuture, we believe that building a sustainable future means embracing diverse voices, perspectives, cultures, and experiences. Artwork: Seedling of Hope by Rawan Khoshafa (Kingston Secondary School). 🌱🎨

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As the 2025 school year winds down, we are looking ahead to classroom presentations for next year. If you’re a teacher or school interested in booking a presentation for the 2026 school year, we’d love to hear from you. Artwork: “Harmony” by Ciara Foster

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌎✨ What does a hopeful future look like through the eyes of youth? In 2025, Youth Imagine the Future connected with thousands of young people across our region through climate solution presentations, art, storytelling, and community action. Image credit: “Perfect Future” by Hannah Lea Scott.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We are wrapping up our coverage of the latest Youth Imagine the Future Festival with a shout-out to this year’s winner of the Teacher Excellence Award! Our 2025 awardees are Tiffany Cubitt (LaSalle; pictured) and Meaghan Gauthier-Marois (L’Acadie; not pictured). Thank you for your support of YIF! 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Last but not least, join us in celebrating our young writers who won Honorable Mention awards in the YIF Short Story category! Julia Stroud (Sustainable Kingston) presented awards to Zehad Hamdan (Calvin Park) for “A Breath of Change”, Micah Koziar (LCVI) for "The Beasts"...

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We loved the Short Stories submitted by our YIF Finalists! Dan Hendry (LDSB) presented finalist awards to Erin Zhu (Calvin Park) for “The Colours in Tomorrow”, and to Jessie Paul (KSS) for “Just One”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Join us in congratulating Fares Alsalehi and Kai Knutsen (Calvin Park) for winning 4th & 5th place in the Short Story category! Dan Hendry (LDSB) presented Fares with an award for “A Dream Come True”. Sonya Melim (Superintendent of Ed., ALCDSM) presented Kai with an award for “The Last Wild Place”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We are honoring our 2nd & 3rd place Short Story winners! Scott Forster (CFKA) presented the 2nd place award to Divyesh Jeyaprathesha (Ernestown) for “The City that Breathes”. Dean Amy Burns (Queen’s Fac. of Education) gave the 3rd place award to Isla Oatway (Loughborough) for “It Left us the Light”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The Kingston Frontenac Public Library's Central Branch is currently hosting a display of Youth Imagine the Future artwork. If you missed it during the Festival, this is your chance to discover local youth artists' vision for a more sustainable, eco-friendly, and just future! 🤩

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Congratulations to Ipsa Khanal (Calvin Park), who won the #YIF Festival’s First Place award in the Short Story category! Jon Dessau (KCCU) presented the award. Flip to the next slide to see an excerpt from the winning story, “A Painted Promise”! 🎨

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Join us in congratulating our Honorable Mentions in the Senior Art category in the 2025 #YIF Festival! Jenn Anderson (LDSB) presented awards to Nora Wagar (Sydenham High School) for “Sydenham HS in the Future”, and to Sophia Auriemma (Bayridge SS) for “The Environments of Fashion”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Shout out to our Senior Art category Finalists at the 2025 YIF Festival! Adam Turcotte (Councillor for @southfrontenactwp.bsky.social) presented awards to Rawan Khoshafa (Kingston Secondary School) for “Seedling of Hope”, to Alexia Hotner (Sydenham High School) for “Designing for Tomorrow”...

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Our Senior Art awardees blew us away at this year’s #YIF Festival! The 4th place award went to Isabella Laing (LCVI) for “Snapshot of the Future”. Sonya Melim (Superintendent of Education, ALCDSB) presented the 5th place award to Lana Wilson (Holy Cross) for “SPH[Y]RnA”. Congratulations! 📷🦈

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A round of applause for our 2nd & 3rd place Senior Art winners at this year’s YIF Festival! The 2nd place award went to Caitlin Ball (Sydenham HS) for “Postscript”. Dean Amy Burns (Queen’s Faculty of Education) presented the 3rd place award to Charlie McGowan (LVCI & KSS) for “Hope”. 🌿🕊️

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This week, we start highlighting #YIF awardees in the Senior Art category! Join us in congratulating our first-place winner, Ellora Outwater (Sydenham High School). Jon Dessau from the Kingston Community Credit Union presented Ellora with an award for “A Harmonious Existence”. Bravo! ✨🍓

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Last but not least for this category, #YIF celebrates Honorable Mentions in Junior Art! Gavin Hutchison from 350 Kingston presented an award to Remi Chiddle, Megan DaCosta, Kennedy Hoobin (in absentia), and Norah Batt (L’Acadie) for “Tissue Box of the Future”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Congratulations to our 2025 YIF Junior Art Finalists! Mae Whalen (KSOA) presented awards to Finalists to Hugo Lussier-Meek (Mille-Îles) for “Bring Us Water, Raise the Flags”, to Lucie Bourgin (Mille-Îles) for “Garden in the City”, and to Kenna Patton (Calvin Park) for “Road to the Future”.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Today, we celebrate our 4th and 5th place winners in the Junior Art category at the 2025 #YIF Festival! Isobel Greenlees (Loughborough Public School) was awarded the 4th place prize by Randy Ruttan (City Councillor for @southfrontenactwp.bsky.social) for "Mirror of the Future". 🪞

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Let's hear it for the 2025 #YIF Festival 2nd and 3rd place winners in the Junior Art category! Rowan Wicke, pictured with award presenter @Te Ted Hsu (MPP for Kingston and the Islands), received the 2nd place prize for "Crecopia Moth Cloak".

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Join us in congratulating Isaac Caron (Mille-Îles), our First Place Junior Art winner at this year's #YIF Festival! Isaac received a prize, presented by Scott Forster of Community Foundation for Kingston & Area (#thankyouCFKA), for his piece "A Better Future, Now". ✨ (📸 @garrettelliott.bsky.social)

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Did you know that the 2025 Youth Imagine the Future Festival received 170+ submissions from local youth? 😮 We are so proud of our young artists who shared their creative work. We'll be sharing photos of this year's winning artists & their work in the next few weeks, so keep an eye on this space! ✨

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Congratulations to all for pulling off a fantastic 2025 Youth Imagine the Future Festival! Check out The Kingstonist’s coverage of our event: www.kingstonist.com/news/kingsto... Thank you to all our organizers, jury members, presenters, teachers, & artists who made this event a resounding success!

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Kingston area young writers and artists 'Imagine the Future'

(Kingston, Ontario) On Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, every seat in the piano room at the Central branch of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library was full as young writers and artists from across the…

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

There are only a few more days for you to enjoy the Youth Imagine the Future Exhibition! Arts & stories from local youth artists are displayed at the Queen’s Education Library (Duncan McArthur Hall) until Dec 12. Come encourage KFLA youth in their pursuit of a more sustainable eco-friendly future. 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thank you to The Kingstonist for helping us spread the word about this year’s Youth Imagine the Future exhibition! And, thank you to all the community groups and institutions supporting #YIF’s mission. 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Help us spread the word! ✨ The 2025 Exhibition for the Youth Imagine the Future Festival will be held Dec 3-12 at Queen’s Education Library (Duncan McArthur Hall). All are welcome to enjoy our young artists’ art & short stories about a positive climate-friendly future (free!). Don’t miss it! 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Shout out to our amazing volunteer Art and Short Story jurors! This group of talented folks from the community are helping us sort through the piles of outstanding submissions we’ve received to select our award winners and finalists. Join us in thanking them for their time and feedback! 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The #YIF Team has been hard at work this fall, giving presentations about climate change solutions to #KFLA area classrooms and conferences, co-hosting readings, showcasing our wonderful artists’ work at various local institutions, and preparing for this year’s Festival!

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We are excited to announce that the #YIF Festival will be back for its 2025 edition this December! Arts and stories submitted by local youth will be exhibited at the Queen's Education Library from Dec 3-12, 2025. See poster for details--and see you there!

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Don’t miss out on your chance to participate in the 2025 #YIF Festival! Submissions are due October 31st. See our website for more details about how to apply! www.youthimaginethefuture.com 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Are you thinking of submitting to the 2025 #YIF Festival? We are looking for short stories and pieces of visual art showing how new technologies and nature-based solutions to fighting climate change could fit into our everyday lives. Find more info at www.youthimaginethefuture.com/for-students! 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

✨ It's OFFICIAL: the Youth Imagine the Future Festival is back for its 2025 edition! #YGK youth, submit your art or short stories to share your vision of an eco-friendly future. See our website (www.youthimaginethefuture.com) for details on how to apply. Deadline for submissions is October 31! ✨

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A major, heart-felt thank you to CFKA for awarding #YIF a 2025 Community Grant! This funding is critical to advancing our mission to encourage youth to learn about & envision positive solutions to climate change. We couldn’t do it without the support of our community partners! #thanksCFKA 💛

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Have you heard? 📣 #YIF is looking for a Festival Administrator for the 2025 Youth Imagine the Future Festival! This is a fixed-term contract beginning end of October through January. For more details & to apply, visit our website: youthimaginethefuture.com/administrato... Please spread the word! 💛

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